{"product_id":"the-vintage-book-of-contemporary-chinese-fiction","title":"The Vintage Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction","description":"David Su Li-Qun and Carolyn Choa introduce nineteen of China's most enthralling writers-to date largely unknown outside their native land. From Shanghai to Beijing, we meet people whose lives have been transformed by their country's turbulent recent history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCheng Nai-shan writes about the present-day life of the former Shanghai upper class and their children. Sent to work on a rural commune at age fifteen, Wang An-yi now writes about the struggles of the urban underclass. Wang-Meng, once exiled to Tibet, now writes award-winning, character driven stories. Mo Shen had been a railway porter before emerging as a writer after the fall of the Gang of Four. With these and seventeen other writers represented, \u003cb\u003eThe Vintage Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary testament to a post-revolutionary nation in transition.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833714782413,"sku":"9780375700934","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_0ffd43a0-f8c8-4317-aeda-f13b67750289.jpg?v=1790894446","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-vintage-book-of-contemporary-chinese-fiction","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}